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The next day, I called my lawyer right in front of James. Calmly, I told him I planned to sue my husband for transferring funds to his mistress during our marriage and that I intended to recover every penny.
James heard every word but didn’t say anything. Without a single response, he turned and left the hospital room, heading to the obstetrics department to schedule Lindsay’s abortion. That’s when it hit me. Lindsay had fallen entirely out of favor. I had won, but it didn’t feel like a victory.
It felt hollow.
Surprisingly, James didn’t try to stop me from suing him. Instead, he handed over all the financial records detailing every dollar he’d spent on Lindsay. He claimed he didn’t want to risk the evidence being inadmissible in court.
I noticed a hopeful glint in his eyes, but I
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stayed silent. I accepted the records without hesitation, even though a small part of me felt Lindsay didn’t deserve this level of betrayal, not even after everything.
The day of the scheduled abortion arrived, and by then, Lindsay had already received the lawyer’s letter. But she never showed up for the procedure.
Curious, I quietly slipped out of
my
hospital room and hid around the corner of the hallway, just out of sight. I watched as frustration slowly crept over James’s face. He lost control, shouting at his phone like he used to yell at me.
For a full hour, he ranted, dragging up grievances from the past year and even issues from when they first separated a decade ago. He tried to threaten Lindsay with the house and shares, but she still didn’t show. In the end, they had to cancel the procedure.
Satisfied, I slipped back into my room unnoticed.
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That evening, James got a call from the company. Lindsay had filed a formal complaint under her real name, blowing the whistle on their use of substandard materials and false advertising practices. She even exposed how profits and taxes had been falsified.
The scandal was already public, and an investigation team had entered the company. Operations were shut down, and if the company couldn’t deliver materials to its clients on time, they’d face massive penalties for breach of contract.
James hung up, trembling with rage, then hurled his phone across the room.
I pretended to be startled and asked innocently, “What’s going on?”
Seeing my concerned expression, his anger softened. His voice was gentler when he replied, “Nothing. Just some trouble at work.”
I nodded sympathetically. “You should go
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That evening, James got a call from the company. Lindsay had filed a formal complaint under her real name, blowing the whistle on their use of substandard materials and false advertising practices. She even exposed how profits and taxes had been falsified.
The scandal was already public, and an investigation team had entered the company. Operations were shut down, and if the company couldn’t deliver materials to its clients on time, they’d face massive penalties for breach of contract.
James hung up, trembling with rage, then hurled his phone across the room.
I pretended to be startled and asked innocently, “What’s going on?”
Seeing my concerned expression, his anger softened. His voice was gentler when he replied, “Nothing. Just some trouble at
work.”
I nodded sympathetically. “You should go
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back, then. I’ll be discharged in a couple of
days.”
Without a second thought, he quickly packed his things. Before leaving, he paused at the door and reminded me, “Text me when you’re discharged. I’ll come pick you up.”
As soon as he was gone, I sprang into action. I contacted a well–known paparazzo and hired him to stake out Lindsay’s villa, gathering evidence of James’s infidelity, not to sue him, but to ruin his reputation.
I wasn’t wrong. After leaving the hospital, James headed straight to the villa. But when he arrived, he found Lindsay completely naked, wrapped in the arms of
a younger man.
It couldn’t have been more obvious.
James immediately flew into a rage, questioning the paternity of the child she was carrying and threatening to take back the shares and the house he’d given her. He
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even vowed to sue her for fraud if she
didn’t comply.
But what James didn’t know was that
Lindsay had already secretly sold the shares for cash.
The confrontation quickly turned violent. The paparazzo captured the scene in photos and videos and sent them to my phone.
I’didn’t hesitate. I posted the evidence in the comment section of Lindsay’s public complaint about the company.
The scandal blew up online, with the dramatic twists and turns captivating everyone. By the time the police arrived, they had to tear them apart physically. All three, James, Lindsay, and the younger man, were left bruised and battered.
That same night, while I was being discharged from the hospital, Lindsay was being admitted. James had beaten her so severely th
